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Picture: Dylan Cunha took over the historic Phantom House in Newmarket upon the retirement last year of veteran trainer William Jarvis

Former Summerveld trainer Dylan Cunha made waves in the UK in his first full season there last year and he hopes to get his flat season off to a flier at Doncaster on Saturday with two-year-old Zminiature.

Newmarket-based Cunha told The Sun newspaper, “It is unusual for me to have such an early one, but he’s got bags of pace and is ready to go. From day one when he came in I said he would be my Brocklesby horse. I’d love to win the season’s first two-year-old race and really lay down a marker. If the race was over four furlongs he would be a good thing as he is small and quick. It is just him getting the five furlongs – but I don’t see any reason why he won’t. We’ve done plenty of work with him and he’s taken everything in his stride. If he finishes in the frame I will be over the moon.”

Cunha will also run Dirtyoldtown at the same meeting.

He said, “He galloped well on Saturday. He’s the sort of horse who could go and win easily or equally come last! You don’t know what you are going to get.”

Cunha is excited about his growing string.

“This time last year we only had a few. Now we have 50 in, including 25 two-year-olds. That’s where we hope to find a good one.”

He added, “Silver Sword will start in the Listed Paradise Stakes at Ascot and then go for the Diomed Stakes at Epsom .”

Dylan trains out of the historic Phantom House stables in Newmarket.